Pho beef soup
Emily Michot, Miami Herald/MCTWe love a good bowl of brothy pho with beef, cilantro, noodles and sriracha, especially since it typically costs under $10 for a filling and satisfyingly cheap meal. However, if our pockets ran a little deeper, we certainly wouldn't pass up the opportunity to sample a more upscale version.

Tiato, a Vietnamese cafe that opened in Santa Monica last year, is auctioning off a $5,000 bowl (well, that's the starting bid) of AnQi Pho made with A5 Wagyu beef, white alba truffles, a foie gras broth, hand-raised bean sprouts and "noodles" from rare blue lobster meat. Proceeds go toward the Children's Hospitals of Los Angeles and Orange County, as well as the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

The soup will remain on Tiato's menu after the auction, so if you find yourself in Santa Monica with $5,000 to burn ...

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How much would you pay for a bowl of soup?